US5518420A - Electrical connector for a corrugated coaxial cable - Google Patents

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US5518420A
US5518420A US08/251,030 US25103094A US5518420A US 5518420 A US5518420 A US 5518420A US 25103094 A US25103094 A US 25103094A US 5518420 A US5518420 A US 5518420A
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    • H01R24/56—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts specially adapted for high frequency specially adapted to a specific shape of cables, e.g. corrugated cables, twisted pair cables, cables with two screens or hollow cables
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    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
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    • H01R24/56—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts specially adapted for high frequency specially adapted to a specific shape of cables, e.g. corrugated cables, twisted pair cables, cables with two screens or hollow cables
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    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
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  • the present invention refers to an electrical connector for coaxial cables with helically corrugated outer conductor and smooth or helically corrugated inner conductor.
  • a connector for attachment to the corrugated outer conductor of a coaxial cable includes a connector housing with a bore formed therein for receiving a cable end, and a corrugated nut which is threaded on the outer cable conductor and securely tightened to the connector housing to establish a contact.
  • the connection of the central inner connector conductor with a tubular inner corrugated cable conductor can be created via a central screw fastener which engages a plug received in the end section of the inner cable conductor and having an outer circumference substantially complementing the helical corrugation of the inner cable conductor
  • Connectors are known, e.g. from U.S. Pat. No. 3,291,895, in which the corrugated outer conductor of the coaxial cable is solely contacted with the connector housing by pressing the end face of the outer conductor against an annular surface in the bore of the connector housing when tightening the corrugated nut for engagement with the connector housing.
  • materials used for the outer cable conductor include primarily copper alloys or aluminum alloys which tend to a plastic deformation in particular when subjecting the cable to mechanical stress, this type of contact making will progressively deteriorate and impair the quality of contact making in particular when large armatures are concerned.
  • connectors have long been used which are designed in such a manner that the outer cable conductor is provided with a front edge which is flanged outwardly at a right angle or at least flared and securely clamped between respective ring surfaces or conical surfaces in the connector housing.
  • One clamping surface may be formed on a tension ring in the connector housing or in a bore thereof while the other clamping surface may be provided directly on the corrugated nut or on a separate compressor.
  • the clamping action can be accomplished by securing the corrugated nut to the connector housing.
  • the clamping action may be created through provision of a separate clamping or receiving sleeve which acts upon the corrugated nut and is screwed to the connector housing or secured via screw fasteners.
  • Connectors of this type are disclosed e.g. in German publications DE-OS 21 27 927, DE-OS 35 22 736 and DE-OS 42 02 813. Despite realizing good to very good electric properties, the assembly of such connectors is very complicated, in particular when considering the required flaning through special flooring machines and subsequent aligning of the outer conductor end.
  • European Pat. No. EP 0 517 034 A2 discloses a connector in which the inner connector conductor is essentially of two-part construction, with one part being securely supported by a conventional insulator and including in direction of the cable a sleeve with several axial slots.
  • the other part of the inner connector conductor includes the central screw fastener with a cylindrical head which is overlapped by the slotted sleeve of the one part of the inner connector conductor after assembly.
  • the attachment of the connector to the coaxial cable requires a suitable preparation of the coaxial cable end for allowing a complete insertion of the plug into the inner cable conductor.
  • the central screw fastener is threaded into the plug until a collar provided on the screw fastener between the shank and the head is securely clamped against the end face of the inner cable conductor, with the collar of the screw fastener including two key areas.
  • a connector of this type has the drawback that on the one hand the plug must be threaded into the inner cable conductor and on the other hand after being attached must be secured non-rotatably in order to avoid a subsequent turning when the central screw fastener is screwed in. Only after this preassembly can the connector housing, generally a plug-type connector head, be mounted to the end of the coaxial cable.
  • the corrugated outer cable conductor is secured in the connector housing by an inner support ring which although coacting with the corrugated nut, is situated--in contrast to the corrugated nut--in the internal field between the outer conductor and the inner conductor.
  • an inner support ring which although coacting with the corrugated nut, is situated--in contrast to the corrugated nut--in the internal field between the outer conductor and the inner conductor.
  • the support ring will generate a small capacitive component which can be compensated partly by providing the required conductive component during attachment of the connector to the coaxial cable through a shortening of the dielectric by a distance which substantially equals the axial length of the support ring.
  • Attachment of the connector according to the invention does not require any special tools.
  • the assembly time is considerably reduced.
  • mechanical stress on the outer conductor caused through flanging is eliminated, and connectors according to the invention can be attached to coaxial cables at significant reproducibility of mechanical and electrical properties.
  • a secure mechanical clamping of the cable to the connector can be established in a most simple way through tightening of the corrugated nut, especially when providing the nut and/or the inner support ring with a slightly conical corrugated thread.
  • the nut and/or the support ring may be axially slotted so as to be resilient in radial direction and slightly compressible.
  • the support ring should be sufficiently short in axial direction in order to minimize the generated capacitive component of the characteristic impedance and the constructive measures required for compensation.
  • the axial length of the support ring should be at least half the pitch and at most twice this pitch of the helical corrugation of the outer conductor.
  • the attachment of the connector is preceded by cutting the coaxial cable end square so that the outer cable conductor and the inner cable conductor terminate in a same radial plane.
  • complete compensation of the inductive component can be obtained by shortening the diameter of the inner connector conductor, e.g. by providing the inner connector conductor with a forward part of such diameter and length that the forward pad of the inner connector conductor when plugged into the inner cable conductor projects rearwardly beyond the end face of the inner cable conductor by a distance which is sufficient to compensate reflection generated by the wall thickness of the support ring.
  • a particular simple assembly of the connector according to the invention is accomplished by providing the undulation of the outer cable conductor with a sufficiently small pitch to effectuate a self-locking thread.
  • the support ring can be fixedly secured, e.g. in one piece, to the connector housing, and the connector housing can be attached to the preassembled unit, comprised of outer cable conductor and corrugated nut with aligned end faces, through threadable engagement until being locked at which point the connector is secured to the outer cable conductor.
  • the support ring is non-rotatably received in the connector housing, with the corrugated nut being screwed in the connector housing until being received non-rotatably but axially displaceable relative to a support ring to allow an attachment of the outer cable conductor, and with the corrugated nut being secured by an axial compressor e.g. a screw sleeve or clamping flange, to the connector housing.
  • an axial compressor e.g. a screw sleeve or clamping flange
  • the assembly merely requires a removal of the cable sheath and possibly an extraction of the cable dielectric, shortening by a certain distance and reinsertion of the dielectric in the cable. Thereafter, the connector with loosely secured annular flange can be threaded on the outer cable conductor until locking. After securement of the annular flange to the connector housing, the assembly is complete.
  • the inner connector conductor and the inner cable conductor must be designed such that they automatically connect to each other, e.g. in form of a plug/socket connection, or the connection therebetween can be attained from the cable-distant end of the connector for which solutions are generally known.
  • a clamping and contact making of the outer cable conductor is also possible through a collet-type design of the corrugated nut.
  • the corrugated nut may be connected in one piece or fixedly secured with the connector housing, with the support ring received non-rotatably but axially displaceable in the connector housing.
  • the provision of the corrugated nut may also be omitted altogether when fixedly securing the support ring to the connector housing. This requires however a self-locking action of the helical corrugation of the outer cable conductor, or additional mechanical means for clamping the cable e.g. through a shrunk-on hose connection between the connector and the cable sheath.
  • the present invention also refers to a connector for coaxial cables for engagement to a tubular, corrugated inner conductor via a central screw fastener which engages a plug received in the end section of the inner cable conductor and having an outer circumference substantially complementing the undulation of the inner cable conductor.
  • the inner connector conductor is extended in direction toward the cable by a socket which has an inner contour substantially complementing the outer contour of the helically corrugated inner cable conductor, with the plug being loosely but nonorotatably received in the socket and with the head of the central screw fastener being accessible from the connector side and fully traversing the inner connector conductor.
  • the connector can be mounted completely preassembled to the cable end, with the central screw fastener being loosely threaded on the plug.
  • the attachment is simply attained by threading the connector on the cable end until striking a stop point, at which point the non-rotatably retained plug is received in the inner cable conductor, with the end section of the inner cable connector being positioned at this point in the annular gap which is helically corrugated in correspondence to the inner cable conductor and formed between the plug and the socket of the inner connector conductor. After reaching the locking position, it is only required to securely tighten the central screw fastener.
  • Tubular corrugated inner conductors of coaxial cables frequently have substantial manufacturing tolerances so that it is advantageous to dimension the gap, formed between the profiled outer circumference of the plug and the inner contour of the socket of the inner connector conductor for receiving the inner cable conductor, by about twice the wall thickness of the inner cable conductor.
  • the inner cable conductor is not continued at a same diameter within the inner connector conductor.
  • This diametrical enlargement causes a change of the characteristic impedance which is partly compensated already through removal of dielectric approximately by the axial length of the socket of the inner connector conductor.
  • the axial length of the socket should not be unnecessarily large.
  • the socket of the inner connector conductor has an axial length which is at least half and at most twice the pitch of the helical corrugation of the inner cable conductor. The remaining change of the characteristic impedance becomes unnoticeable until far into the short wave range.
  • the outer cable conductor and the inner cable conductor may therefore terminate in a same radial plane.
  • the outer cable conductor is set back relative to the inner cable conductor by about the axial length of the socket of the inner connector conductor, with the axial length of the connector housing correspondingly prolonged and the diameter of the bore of the connector housing increased over the axial length of the socket to obtain also in this area the nominal characteristic impedance. Since the diametrical enlargement through the socket of the inner connector conductor acts capacitively, a compensation conforming to the L-C principle or L-C-L principle may be provided alternatively or if necessary additionally.
  • a simple solution includes the provision of a flattening, a short axial groove or the like on the plug in the area of the connector-proximate end of its circumference and the provision of a radial indentation or notch on the socket for engagement in the flattening or axial groove of the plug after threading the plug on the socket and suitable alignment of these pads in circumferential direction. In this manner, the plug is guided for axial displacement to promote a secure clamping of the inner connector conductor with the inner cable conductor when tightening the central screw fastener.
  • the connector can be completely preassembled and attached to the coaxial cable.
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded sectional view of a first embodiment of an electrical connector according to the present invention, before assembly on a coaxial cable;
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a second embodiment of a connector according to the present invention, with the conductors of the coaxial cable end being attached thereto;
  • FIG. 2a is a detailed illustration, on an enlarged scale, of the connector, in the area X marked in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 2b is a fragmentary sectional view of the connector, taken along the line II--II in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a third embodiment of a connector according to the present invention, with the conductors of the coaxial cable end being attached thereto;
  • FIG. 3a is a detailed illustration, on an enlarged scale, of the connector, in the area X marked in FIG. 3
  • FIG. 4 is an exploded sectional view of a first embodiment of a connector according to the present invention in a partly assembled position
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a fifth embodiment of a connector according to the present invention, with the conductors of the coaxial cable end being attached thereto;
  • FIG. 5a is a fragmentary, partly sectional view of a detail of the connector of FIG. 5, illustrating the socket of the inner connector conductor with loosely received plug;
  • FIG. 6 is an exploded, sectional view of a sixth embodiment of a connector according to the present invention, before assembly on the coaxial cable;
  • FIG. 7 is a fragmentary, partly sectional view of a detail of the connector of FIG. 6, illustrating the socket of the inner connector conductor with loosely received plug;
  • FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view taken along the line, III--III in FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the connector of FIG. 6, with the conductors of the coaxial cable end being attached thereto;
  • FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a simplified first embodiment of the connector, with the conductors of the coaxial cable end being attached thereto.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown an exploded sectional view of the first embodiment of a connector according to the invention, including an inner connector conductor 1 which is centered within a connector housing 3 and supported by an insulator 2.
  • the housing 3 is provided with external key areas 3a and defines a stepped bore 6.
  • Received in the bore 6 are an inner support ring 4 which is pressfitted into a rearward section between the housing 3 and the insulator 2, and a profiled ring seal 5 which is sandwiched between the housing 3 and the support ring 4.
  • FIG. 1 Illustrated in FIG. 1 to the right of the housing 3 is a corrugated nut 7, and to the right of the corrugated nut 7 is a threaded sleeve 8 which has an external thread 8a engageable with an internal thread 6a in the front end of the bore 6.
  • An O-ring 9 is arranged immediately adjacent to the external thread 8a of the sleeve 8 which is enclosed by a hose 10 of shrinkable plastic material.
  • the hose 10 is not yet shrunk on the sleeve 8.
  • a prepared coaxial cable which includes a smooth inner tubular conductor 11 separated from an outer cable conductor 13 by a dielectric 12 in form of a plastic coil of very large pitch.
  • the outer cable conductor 13 is helically corrugated and surrounded by a sheath 14 which is already cut back i.e. removed by about 2/3 of the length of the sleeve 8 relative to the connector-proximate cable end which is cut at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the coaxial cable.
  • the sleeve 8 is provided with key areas 8b for attachment of an open-end wrench before placement of the shrinkable hose 10 which after being shrunk on is secured to the sleeve 8 by several external annular projections 8c.
  • the support ring 4 has a circumferential section 4a with an outer contour which essentially forms a mating surface with the inner contour of the helically corrugated outer cable conductor 13.
  • the axial length of the section 4a is approximately equal to the pitch of the undulation of the outer cable conductor 13.
  • the support ring 4 When mounting the connector to the coaxial cable, the support ring 4 is situated with its section 4a in the internal field between the inner conductor 11 and the outer conductor 13 of the coaxial cable, so that it is suitable to complement the inner contour of the support ring 4 in the section 4a with its outer contour to thereby provide the support ring 4 with an approximately constant wall thickness and to avoid that the distance to the inner cable conductor is reduced to not more than is necessary to attain the required mechanical strength of the support ring 4.
  • the support ring 4 After assembly of the connector, the support ring 4 generates in the end area of the coaxial cable a characteristic impedance variation. In this area without further measures the characteristic impedance would be of slightly lower impedance.
  • a partial compensation of the characteristic impedance variation is established already by shortening the dielectric 12 by a length corresponding to the axial penetration of the support ring 4.
  • the shortening of the dielectric 12 is indicated by terminal front edge designated by reference numeral 12a.
  • a further and full compensation of the characteristic impedance variation is attained by providing the inner connector conductor 1 with a section of reduced diameter, as will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.
  • the inner connector conductor 1 is provided with elements including a plug pin 1a which are of conventional design and thus are not described in more detail and they do not form part of the present invention.
  • the corrugated nut 7 is of conventional design and is internally threaded to have an inner contour 7a which forms a mating thread with the helically corrugated outer cable conductor 13.
  • the corrugated nut 7 has a conical ring area 7b by which the elastic profiled ring seal 5 is compressed axially when assembling the connector.
  • the profiled ring seal 5 is provided at its end facing the sleeve 8 with a lip-like front edge 5a which is undulated in circumferential direction in correspondence to the helically corrugated front edge of the outer cable conductor 13.
  • the corrugated nut 7 may be omitted as long as the support ring 4 is non-rotatably secured to the connector housing 3, e.g. through snug fit of the support ring 4 in the connector housing 3, as schematically shown by way of example in FIG. 10.
  • the electrical connector according to FIG. 1 is preferably attached to the suitably prepared coaxial cable in a following manner:
  • the threaded sleeve 8 is placed over the cable and then, the corrugated nut 7 is threaded on the outer cable conductor 13 until the free front end of the outer cable conductor 13 and the left-handed front face of the corrugated nut 7 are aligned and approximately flush.
  • the connector housing 3 in which the support ring 4 is fixedly secured is then threaded on the outer cable conductor 13 until being locked by the abutment of the front edge 13a of the outer cable conductor 13 upon the front edge 5a of the profiled ring seal 5.
  • the corrugated nut 7 is received in the bore 6 of the connector housing 3, essentially in its final position.
  • the connector housing 3 By engagement of the key areas 3a with a not shown open-end wrench, the connector housing 3 is held stationary, and the sleeve 8 engages with its external thread 8a the internal thread 6a of the bore 6 of the connector housing 3 so that the front edge 8d of the sleeve 8 abuts an annular shoulder 7c on the outer circumference of the corrugated nut 7. Subsequently, the sleeve 8 is secured through engagement of an open-end wrench in the key areas 8b thereby tightening the corrugated nut 7 axially relative to the outer cable conductor 13 which in turn is supported with its inner contour by the outer contour of the support ring 4 along its corrugated section 4a.
  • FIG. 2 there is shown a sectional view of a second embodiment of a connector according to the invention, with the conductors of the coaxial cable end being attached thereto.
  • the connector of FIG. 2 differs only slightly from the connector of to FIG. 1 but has the significant advantage that the complete connector can be mounted onto the coaxial cable without dismantling.
  • the connector of FIG. 2 differs only slightly from the connector of to FIG. 1 but has the significant advantage that the complete connector can be mounted onto the coaxial cable without dismantling.
  • FIG. 2 is preassembled in such a manner that the corrugated nut 7 is screwed in the bore 6 of the connector housing 3 and, shortly before striking against the base of the bore 6, is aligned relative to the support ring 4 such that a uniform gap 7a is formed in circumferential and axial directions between the corrugated nut 7 and the support ring 4 for receiving the outer cable conductor 13 as shown on an enlarged scale in FIG. 2a.
  • the corrugated nut 7 is secured against a rotation but is guided for axial displacement.
  • FIG. 2b which is a sectional view taken along the line II--II in FIG. 2.
  • the connector housing 3 is provided with a radial indentation 32 which is arranged in the area of one of the key areas 3a and of a depth sufficient to engage a flat axial groove 71 on the circumference of the corrugated nut 7 and to complement the inner contour of the indentation 32.
  • the complete connector can be threaded on the suitably prepared end of the coaxial cable shown in FIG. 1 until being locked. Then, while the connector housing 3 is held stationary, the sleeve 8 is tightened as described in connection with FIG.
  • FIG. 2 also clearly shows the connection between the inner connector conductor 1 and the inner cable conductor 11.
  • the inner connector conductor 1 has a forward section 1b with an outer diameter which corresponds to the inner diameter of the inner cable conductor 11.
  • the forward section 1b is divided into radially elastic segments through provision of axial slots in a manner known per se. As shown in FIG. 2, the section 1b extends rearwardly away from the inner cable conductor 11 beyond the front end thereof by a distance a in direction towards the plug pin 1a for connection to a section 1c which has a diameter of such dimension that the nominal value of the characteristic impedance of the connector at this point is obtained in combination with the inner diameter of the support ring 4.
  • the forward section 1b of the inner connector conductor 1 compensates the reflection caused by the characteristic impedance variation in the area of the support ring 4.
  • the length of the distance a can be selected to result in an optimum compensation of the reflection
  • FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of a connector according to the present invention, with the difference to the connector of FIG. I residing in the design of the corrugated nut 73 which is provided with axial slots extending from its cable-proximate end and with a conical circumferential surface 73d.
  • the conical circumferential surface 73d coacts with a complementary conical circumferential area 83d of a threaded sleeve 83 which is threaded over the connector housing 33.
  • the connector may be mounted selectively in a manner described in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2.
  • the corrugated nut 73 is securely received in the bore 63 of the connector housing 33 in correct alignment relative to the support ring 4 which is connected in one piece with the connector housing 33.
  • This securement of the corrugated nut 73 can be attained by any suitable means, e.g. through a snug fit, because in this embodiment the electric contacting with and mechanical attachment to the outer cable conductor 13 is obtained through radial compression of the corrugated nut 73 via the coacting conical surfaces 73d and 83d, rather than through axial displacement.
  • FIG. 4 A fourth embodiment of a connector according to the invention is illustrated in FIG. 4 and corresponds essentially to the embodiment according to FIG. 1 with the difference residing in the manner of attachment of the corrugated nut 74 to the connector housing 34.
  • the cable-facing end of the connector housing 34 is provided in form of e.g. an annular flange 34b which is defined with bores therein for traversal of screw fasteners 84a.
  • the screw fasteners 84a are receivable in threaded bores 84c of a flange or tension ring 84b which bears upon the outer surface of the corrugated nut 74 in interlocking manner to prevent an axial displacement but to allow a securement in circumferential direction relative to the corrugated nut 74.
  • the corrugated nut 74 is extended in form of a clamping flange.
  • the corrugated nut 74 is held stationary in the illustrated position while the connector housing 34 is threaded with its support ring 4 on the outer cable conductor 13 until being locked. Then, if necessary, the tension ring 84b is rotated in circumferential direction for alignment of the threaded bores 84c with the screw fasteners 84a which are then uniformly tightened to end the assembly.
  • a connector according to this embodiment is suitable in particular for large armatures which cannot be handled with open-end wrenches.
  • the embodiment of the connector according to FIG. 5 differs from the connector of FIG. 4 by providing the corrugated nut 75 in one piece with a clamping flange 75e.
  • the connector housing 35 is substantially similar to the connector housing 34 shown in FIG. 4 and has a flange 35b traversed by screw fasteners 85a for engagement in respective threaded bores in the clamping flange 75e.
  • the connector housing 35 surrounds a support ring 45 which is designed as separate structural element.
  • FIG. 5 additionally illustrates the securement and contact making of the inner connector 15 with an inner cable conductor 115 in form of a helically corrugated tube by applying the same principle as described in FIGS. 1 to 4 in connection with the attachment to the outer cable conductor.
  • the inner cable conductor 115 receives at its connector-proximate end a plug 116 which has an outer contour which essentially follows the helical corrugation of the inner cable conductor 115.
  • the plug 116 thus corresponds in a functional sense to the corrugated nut 75.
  • the coaxial cable is now usually cut perpendicular to its longitudinal axis but the outer cable conductor 135 is set back relative to the corrugated inner cable conductor 115 by a distance approximately corresponding to the axial length of the support ring 45.
  • the inner connector conductor 15 is provided at its cable-proximate end with a sleeve-like prolongation forming a socket 15d, with an inner contour following substantially the outer contour of the helical corrugation of the inner cable conductor 115, as also shown in detailed illustration of FIG. 5a.
  • the socket 15d of the inner connector conductor 15 corresponds in a functional sense to the support ring 45.
  • the connector housing 35 together with the socket 15d of the inner connector conductor 15 is threaded on the inner cable conductor 115 until the outer cable conductor 135 abuts against the profiled ring seal 5 at which point the connector housing 35 overlaps the support ring 45 and partly overlaps the corrugated nut 75.
  • the support ring 45 and the corrugated nut 75 have been previously attached to the outer cable conductor 135.
  • the non-rotational securement between the connector housing and the corrugated nut as described with reference to FIG. 2 is now omitted. After being suitably aligned with the bores in the flange 75e, the screw fasteners 85a are tightened.
  • a turning of the connector housing 35 relative to the corrugated nut 75 to align the screw fasteners 85a with the bores in the flange 75e is possible because the inner connector conductor 15 is not supported by the insulator 2 in a form-fitting manner so that the connector housing 35 can be turned relative to the inner connector conductor 15.
  • the inner cable conductor 115 and the inner connector conductor 15 are mechanically clamped and electrically contacted with each other by a central screw fastener 200 which engages a thread in the plug 116 by turning the head of the screw fastener 200 from the accessible connector side.
  • the plug 116 is preassembled in the inner cable conductor 115 and non-rotatably secured therein.
  • the plug 116 is initially received non-rotatably but axially shiftable in the socket 15d together with the loosely engaged central screw 200.
  • the socket 15d is provided with an indentation 151d which engages an axial groove 116a on the circumference of the plug 116 so that the socket 15d and the plug 116 can be threaded in unison onto the inner cable conductor 115.
  • FIG. 6 shows a further improved embodiment of the connector according to FIG. 5 before being attached to the coaxial cable.
  • the inner connector conductor 15 is supported within the connector housing 35 by an insulator 25, with the housing 35 being defined with a stepped bore 65 therein.
  • To the right of the housing 35 is the support ring 45 for the outer conductor 135 and the corrugated nut 75 with flange 75e for engagement with the flange 35b of the housing 35 via the screw fasteners 85a.
  • the support ring 45 is provided with a cylindrical section 451 which is provided on two diametrically opposed areas with a shod axial groove 452 in the circumference of the section 451.
  • Engaging the grooves 452 are radial indentations 752 which are formed on the corrugated nut 75 along a cylindrical, thin-walled prolongation 751 which overlaps the section 451 of the support ring 45.
  • the support ring 45 as well as the profiled ring seal 5 are captivated in non-rotational manner but slightly axially displaceable in the corrugated nut 75.
  • the coaxial cable with tubular corrugated inner conductor 115 which is spaced from the corrugated outer conductor 135 by a dielectric in form of a coiled insulation 125, and cable sheath 145.
  • the inner connector conductor 15 is provided with the socket 15d adjoining the support insulator 25 and is traversed by the central screw fastener 200, the head of which is accessible from the cable-distant side of the connector, i.e. from the left hand side in the illustration of FIG. 6, so that the central screw 200 is turnable e.g. by means of an Allen wrench.
  • the central screw 200 is loosely threaded with its shank in a central thread of the plug 116 which itself is loosely received in the socket 15d of the inner connector conductor 15.
  • the plug 116 has an outer circumference which complements the helical corrugation of the inner cable conductor 115
  • the socket 15d has an inner contour which substantially follows the outer contour of the helical corrugation of the inner cable conductor 115.
  • the plug 116 is non-rotatably received in the socket 15d, with the outer plug contour aligned with the inner socket contour and with the indentation 151d of the socket 15d engaging the axial groove 116a of the plug 116, as shown in FIG. 8. In this manner, the plug 116 is loosely and slightly axially displaceable but non-rotatably secured in the socket 15d.
  • the connector housing 35 with the socket 15d of the inner connector conductor 15 is threaded on the inner cable conductor 115 until the outer cable conductor 135 abuts the profiled ring seal 5, at which point the connector housing 35 overlaps the support ring 45 and partly overlaps the corrugated nut 75.
  • Both, the support ring 45 and the corrugated nut 75 are previously attached to the outer cable conductor 135.
  • the screw fasteners 85a are threaded into the bores in the flange 75e and tightened to securely clamp the outer cable conductor 135 between the support ring 45 and the corrugated nut 75.
  • the preceding alignment of the connector housing 35 relative to the corrugated nut 75 is possible because the inner connector conductor 15 is supported by the insulator 25 not in form-fitting manner so that the connector housing 35 can turn relative to the inner connector conductor 15.
  • the inner cable conductor 115 is mechanically received, i.e. clamped via the plug 116 and socket 15d and securely electrically contacted. This terminates the assembly apart from other possible sealing measures or the like, as shown in FIG. 9.
  • This embodiment is advantageous especially in applications with cables with approximately equal pitches of the outer and inner conductors because the connector can be completely preassembled and mounted on the suitably prepared cable end, i.e. without preceding dismantling.

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